Auto-fender.



ALFRED POHVHROO & ANGEHNR POiMlROO AUTO FENDER. APPLICATI OH FILED AUG-5| 19MB Patented De. 12,1916.

0 O m r um Witnesses.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. v

ALFRED POIMIROO AND ANGELINA POIMIROO, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

AUTO-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

Application filed. August 5, 1916. Serial No. 113,338.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALFRED Ponuuoo and ANGELINA Ponuinoo, citizens of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King, State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Auto-Fender, of i which the following is c. specification.

The device fornnng the subject matter of v f this application is a fender for a vehicle.

and oneobject of the invention is to provide novel means for assembling the upper memher of the fender with the vehicle.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for raising and lowering the lower fender and to provide novel means for holding the lower member in raised and lowered positions.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide novel means for directing the vertical movement of the lower fender.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to. enhance the ,utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

l vith the above and other ohgccts in view which. will appear as the description procoeds, the invention resides in the combine;

'tion and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without de parting from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows in perspective, a motor propelled vehicle whereunto the device forming the subject matter of this application has been applied; Fig. 9. is a bottom plan of the veliicleslnm'n in Fig. l;-Fig. 3 is :1.- section on the line 33 of Fig. 1 and Fig. sis u fragmental elevation showing the actuating member for the lower fender.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral l designates o. portion of at vehicle, having uIi axle 2 and including a platform 3. The mile 2 c iifries ground wheels 4. which I are pivotally connected as shown at 5 with v the ends of the oxic 2 in av manner common in motor propelled vehicles. The usual arched mud guards .6 are-fixed above the wheels 4 ad may include depending wings.

.7..locateo; between the wheels and the body portion of the vehicle.

In carrying out the present invention,

thepe is provided on upper fender 8 which, ordinarily, is arched both horizontally and vertically, The fender 8 may be a. sheetof metal, or it may be of any other suitable mater el. The upper fender 8 includes rears wardly extended arms 9 superposed on the forward ends of the mud guards 6. q The longitudinal edges of the arms 9 are bent to extend heneeththe mud guards 6, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2, and are provided with depending flanges 10. The flanges 10 of each arm 9 of the upper fender .8 are connected by clamp bolts 11, or in any other suitable way, and thus the upper fender 8- is securely held in place on the mud guards 6. The forward ends of braces 12 are connected with the upper fender 8 adjacent its lower edge, the rear ends of the braces 12 being secured to the axle 2.

The invention comprises a lower fender 14 located to the rear of the upper fender B. The lower fender 14 may be a sheet of a metal, or it may he of any other desired construction. The lower fender l4 preferably is curved horizontally, to approximate the horizontal curvature of the-upper fender 8, the fenders 8 and 1 being spaced apart slightly, longitudinally of 'thevehicle, as shown in Fig. 2. Attached to the lower edge. of the fenderl t are wheels l5'itdapted to ride along theground when the fender 14 is lowered. The -wheels"15 may be omitted if .desired. The lower fender 14; is provided with vertical guide slots 16' receiving the braces 12 which connect the upper fender 8' with the axle 2. The braces 12 thus serve as n menu's for guiding the vertical movement of the lower fender 14:,

The inveiition comprises [1, pair of rear-- its ends as shown at 22 on a. hanger 23 which depends from the platform 3. 'Moimted in the rear end of the lever is a pivot element 24; =15. substantiellyyertical actuating member-which may e rod ,orbsr is mountion a m nd.

" and the actuatingqnember 25 may he pulled ire-$526 {a foot piece 33.

ed on the pivot element 24 for alimited swing ing movement on a vertical plane.

The invention comprises a'spring includ ing an arm 26, an arm 27, and an eye 28 con nectiug the arms. The. eye 28 is 'engaged the pivot element 24, the end of the arm The funotion ofithe spring comprising the.

noting member 25 rearwardly goof: the actuating memberv 25 holders 29 and 30 'Theactuat- .-m or 25 moves vertically in ahole 31 n the platform 3. A keeper plate may be "attached to-the'u per face of the platform- 3 behind the ho e 31. The upper end of the actuatihglnember 25 is provided with platform 3 by the action of the spring Bid--27, and thus the fender 14;,is held po'sltively in a lowered position. 4

1611 it is desired to raise the lower fender 14, the actuating member 25et-its; upper end is swung forwardly in the direction of the arrow B. This operation disengages .the shoulder 29 from the platform 3,

upwardly through the hole 31. When the actuating member 35 is pulled upwardly, the

' forward end of the lever is depressed and the forward ends of the levers 17 are raised,

thus elevating the lower fender 14, the slots 16 in the lower fender permitting the necessary raising movement of the lower fender with respect to the braces 12. When the lower fender 14 is raised as above described,

the shoulder 30 on the actuating member I is engaged with the plate-{32 on the platform 3,'- the engagement between the shoulder and the plate being maintained by the action ofthe spring 26-27. Thus, the fender 14 held in an uplifted position.

lVhen it is desired-t0 lower the fender 1i suddenly, the upper end of the actuating member 25 is pushed forwardly 1n the direc- 1 .:tion ofthe arrow B. This-operation disenfllgthe'fender 14 moves downwar 1y under its gages the shoulder 30 of the late 32, and

""I'j o'wn Wei ht, the partsreassuming theposh tions of ig. 3: ilt is to be observed that the structure gthe subject matter of this appliestion serves to re ve a considerable portion 27 being seeured' -to the; lever 20, and --th e end of the arm '26 beingsecuredjfto the actuating member 25.

and-28 is to swing the upper is claimed is nof the arrow A in Fig. 3. On

. vehicle comprising wheels ried by the vehicle and l member is held 'beneath'the' the lower fender,

of shock when an obstacle is struck, thus re ducing the impact to a minimum, so far asv the car proper is concerned. The device is of: usein protecting the radiator, lamps, and. other ad uncts on the-vehicle. When the structure is in the position shown in Fig. 3

an object struck by the fender cannot read ily pass beneath the wheels of the vehicle, but'will be pushed forwardly,.along with the fender. I

Having thus described the invention, what 111 Inc device of the class described, a

I coated above. the wheels and including fender extended in flout-of the'vehicle'and including rearwardly extended arms engaged with the mud guards; means for eonnecting the-arms detachably with the mud guards; alnweriender mounted to move upwardly and downwafdl with respect to the upper fender;'e,nd vehiel ried means for raising-and lowering the lower ifenden.

2. In a devicejbf the class described, a vehicle; an upper fender located-in front of the-vehicle; a brace connecting the upper fender and. the vehicle; a lower fender mountedtomove upwardly and downwardly with respect to the upperfeuder and includa guide slot receiving, the brace; and

vs iclecar'ried means forraising and lower- 3. Inn device of the. class described a vehicle including, an axle; a n upper fen or located in front of the vehicle; a brace con necting the upper fender with the side; a

lower fender mounted to move upwardly and downwardly with respect to the upper fender and provided with aguide slot re ceiving the brace; and vehicle carried means for raising and lowering the lower fender.

4:. In a device "of the class described, a vehicle; a forward lever fulerumed inter mediate its ends on the vehicle; a fender carried by the forward end of the forward lever; a rear lever fulerumed intermediate its ends on the vehiclemeans -for pivotally copnecting the rear end of the forward lever with the forward end of the rear lever; an upwardly extended actuating member pivoted at its lower end to'the rear end of the rear lever; and inter-engaging elements on the vehicle and the actuating member for holding the fender in adjusted positions.

5. In a device of the class described, 1 vehicle; a fender located in front of th vehicle; a forward lever fulcrumed inter mediate its'ends on the vehicle'and havin its forward end connected with the fender; r rear lever 'fulcrumed intermediate its end on the vehicle and having its forward on pivoted to the rear end of the forward lever an upstand ng actuating member ivoted its lower 'endto the rear end 0 the res mud guards can letter; interengnging elements on the actual? as our own, we have hereto a-fiixed our sigma in member and the vehicle for holding the tures in the presence of two witnesses.

ac Mating member in adjusted positions; and ALFRED POIMIROO. spring means coasting with the actuating ANGELINA POIMIROO. {member to hold eaid 'interengeging elements Witnesses?- m ceiiperating relation. h J. H. .'NEwnEReEn,- Intestimony that we claim the foregoing THPQMER'Y. 

